Powdered beer mix … yes, that’s a thing now

Pat’s Backcountry Beverages is launching a line of powdered beer mix because everyone remembers that one scene in “Shawshank Redemption” when Tim Robbins and company are violently shaking plastic containers full of water and alcoholic Crystal Light on a hot summer roof.

Simply add water and powder to the carbonator and shake, shake, shake your way to a buzz.

Business Insider reports the Pail Rail and Black IPA powdered mixes will be sold for $9.95 (four-pack) at liquor stores this September. You can buy the Carbonator and various soda concentrates from their website if you want a non-alcoholic preview.

The company is also thinking of launching a line of wine concentrates, according to their Facebook page. It’s just one more step on the path to our manufactured dystopia (more like BROstopia).